Ornamental buckle.



No. 783,396. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. E. BASS.

.ORNAMENTAL BUCKLE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG.16. 1904.

A'ttest Inventor [WWW Attys Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT UFFMJE.

EPHRAIM BASS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ORNAMENTAL BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,396, dated February21, 1905.

Application filed December 16, 1904. $erial No. 237,070.

To all 11/71/0772 it flea/y concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM BASS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city. county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Buckles and SimilarDevices, of which the following is a true and concise speciiication.

This invention relates to ornamental buckles and similar devices, andmore particularly to constructional formations of buckles, clasps, &c.,whereby they are caused to simu late more elaborate ornaments.

The invention will be more readily understood from the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of abuckle embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof online 2 2.

The buckle herein shown is one of the purely ornamental type formedsimply as a frame, with side bars (6 a and cross-bar b and adapted tocontain a belt or band A, passed under the side bars and over thecross-bar in the usual manner; but it is to be understood that thisinvention may be applied to buckles involving fastening means as well asto other similar kinds of devices. Heretofore it has been the custom toornament that portion of the belt or band which is exposed between oradjacent the side bars a by means of buttons or other ornaments sewed tothe belt in rows parallel with the said side bars or otherwise properlyrelated to them. This operation requires that the buttons be sewed uponthe belt prior to its insertion into and attachment to the buckle andentails a great amount of l labor in the measurement and attachment ofthe buttons and the placing of the belt within the buckle.

The object of the present invention is the production of a highlyornamental device to give the same effect as the prior constructionabove mentioned, with great saving in the cost of manufacture. To thisend the side bars a of the buckle or clasp are formed with a series ofprojections c, which have comparatively large heads and slim necks, theheads being fashioned in the shape of buttons or other ornaments anddisposed so close to the side bars as that the necks or connectionsbetween heads and bars are concealed from view or rendered at leastinconspicuous, in this manner giving the heads the appearance of beingattached to the belt. The buckle and the heads are most convenientlymade of a single piece of material. When the belt has been insertedwithin the buckle, as above described, it may be secured in place bymeans of an attachment-strip d or other usual means, disposed on thereverse side thereof. The assembled device has every appearance of beingformed with separate attached buttons, and it is more durable and moreornamental than such a construction. I

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byUnited States Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, an ornamental buckle comprising sidebars adapted for attachment to a belt or band and formed with aplurality of projections extended inwardly from said side bars andadapted to overlie the adjacent portion of the said band, saidprojections having comparatively large heads and relatively slim necksdisposed so close to a side bar as to render their necks inconspicuousand thereby simulate buttons attached to the band, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EPHRAIM BASS.

Witnesses:

HARRY KLUGER, G. A. GLAss.

